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| Afghanistan |
| Suspected Taliban Bagged |
| 2003-03-27 |
| U.S. forces detained one person with suspected ties to the former Taliban regime during an operation in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Thursday. The person was captured in the last 24 hours in the Sami Ghar mountains of southern Kandahar province. The statement did not give a name or say why the U.S. military believed the person was linked to the Taliban. "Turban? - Check!" "AK-47? - Check!" "Not shaved in 10 years? - Check!" "OK, bag him." In a separate incident, an Afghan security official said a bomb blew up a tanker carrying fuel to a U.S. military base in southern Afghanistan, but there were no casualties. The explosion late Wednesday took place just over a mile from the Kandahar airport, where thousands of U.S. soldiers are stationed. The tanker, carrying 11,885 gallons of fuel, had arrived from neighboring Pakistan and was en route to the U.S. base. Another seven oil tankers were nearby, but escaped damage. The Afghan authorities blamed suspected terrorists, likely Taliban or loyalists of rebel commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. There have been dozens of small attacks in recent months in southern and eastern Afghanistan against U.S.-led coalition forces and the Afghan authorities. Sounds like Hek's boys got lucky this time. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #2 OldSpook - Is that Sammy before Van Halen or with? Same thing here ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-27 17:51:42 |
| #1 Apologies for my mirth, but any time I see those mountains mentioned, instead of Sami Gahr My mind fills in "Sammy Hagar". |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2003-03-27 11:37:29 |